โ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ด๐ข๐ด๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ข๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ.โ
A quoted statement from Ms. Ensia B. Amino, president of Mโlang United Bangsamoro Women Association during the project monitoring of DOST XII - Cotabato Provincial Office.
Mโlang United Bangsamoro Women Association (MUBWA) is composed of 233 women members from the different barangays of Mlang municipality located at P-8, Bialong, Mโlang, is one of the beneficiaries of DOST-Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) Program last August of 2021.
A total of PhP 650,000.00 worth of equipment such as 10 Units of Singer Sewing Machine, 4 units of Juki sewing Machine, 3 units of Embroidery Machines, 24 rolls of all types of fabrics, 20 pcs Scissors, and 1 set of Tape Measure, 3 units of Edger Machine, to improve their operations and thus boost their productivity and competitiveness.
The enterprise has been producing garments and handicrafts such as long dresses, hijabs, rugs, face masks, beddings, uniforms (office and school), curtains, and bags.
3-day Training for Garments Making (Ladies and Mens Wear) was conducted to the aforementioned to utilize and maximize the technologies granted to them.
With DOST XII interventions, Mโlang United Bangsamoro Women Association was able to relatively increased the types of products they produced. With increased production, income generated by the enterprise expectedly increased as well.
Finished products like garments and handicrafts are tailored for customersโ preferences. As a result, the association penetrates the market not only in the province of Cotabato but in other provinces as well.
MUBWAโs aspiration to preserve the Muslim culture and the empowerment they endow to women makes MUBWA a community worth emulating and which stories are worth telling. ### (TA)